Day 27 6/23

It has been a while since we all met up in Hart 206, before we headed out we did a few blogs. Today we went to Schodack Island. As we were putting our stuff down the women already there told us there was a turtle on the path. All of us wanted to see the turtle so we walked over to check it out. Luckily it wasn’t a snapping table, so we were able to hold it without losing a finger.

We then all stood along the Hudson and listened to Toby as he talked. We talked about the Mercury in the fish and how it is harmful. Bioaccumulation refers to the accumulation of substances, such Mercury in an organism. This occurs when an organism absorbs a toxic substance at a rate greater than that at which the substance is lost. This is one of the reason we are not able to consume too much fish or it will make us sick. We also talked about how the tide affects the flow of the river. The tide will be stronger than the current, we noticed this when a stick was flowing upstream instead of down.



After this we walked around for about 20 minutes, Krista, Precious, and I went to go check on the turtle. The turtle had moved of the trail and was sitting in what looked like a little burrow or nest. Next we walked down Schodack Creek, to go in the river and catch some fish. I was really excited for this because I don’t mind getting in water or mud. I am used to it, whenever we going kayaking at camp we go on the small creek and get out and collect the golf balls. I wish we had more days like this. Gold Stars for everyone who went in, even though they did not want to. One of the points of this program is to try new things even though you don’t want to (for example I tried the Chinese food even though I am a really picky eater). This helps you grow as a person, you can’t go through life letting your fears control you. If you let your fears control you, you may miss out on so much in life.

 In the water we tried to catch fish with Toby’s net. Sadly we only caught one small little fish. It was hard to move around because it was slippery and my feet kept getting stuck in the mud. I wore an old pair of flip-flops because I only have one pair of shoes and didn’t want to ruin them. My flip flop ended up breaking (RIP Right Flip Flop, you will be missed you served me well over the past few years). People used to do this for hours at a time, so they could have something for dinner. We would have starved since we only caught one ity-bity fish.

Before heading back to Sage we changed out of our wet close and ate our Lunch. Once back at Sage we presented on our assigned area from Ellis Island. Pamela and I had Through Americas Gate. That section took us through the steps the immigrants went through before they were able to be allowed in to the city. Only four days to go before the end of the Summer on the Hudson (Sorry for the lack of pictures, I didn't really take many).  On a side note Happy Belated Birthday Michael, and speaking of the 22nd I have some sad news, WE MISSED PIZZA FEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!